Susan M. Staugaitis, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Staff Department of Neurosciences Lerner Research Institute / NC30 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 444-9189 Fax: (216) 444-7927 staugas@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Properties of glial cells and glial brain tumors

Current program:

• Development of clinical assays of genotype and phenotype of gliomas
• Properties of NG2-positive glial cells in the human central nervous system in health and disease

Collaborators:

• Gene Barnett, M.D., Brain Tumor Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
• Richard Ranoshoff, M.D., Dept. of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
• Olga Tchernova, Ph.D., Brain Tumor Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
• Raymond Tubbs, D.O., Dept. of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
• Bruce D. Trapp, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH